The National Center on Education and the Economy has received generous philanthropic and governmental funding to develop our education and workforce programs. We are grateful to the many organizations and individuals that have supported our work.		The Board of Trustees of the National Center on Education and the Economy is a diverse group of people who have distinguished themselves in education, business and public service. The senior managers of the organization have backgrounds in education and workforce development research, policy and practice. NCEE Management Marc Tucker is President and founder of NCEE. He created the first Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce in 1989, as well as the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce in 2005 and authored the New Commission's report, Tough Choices or Tough Times. A leader of the national standards movement for many years, Tucker co-authored, with Ray Marshall, Thinking for a Living: Education and the Wealth of Nations, co-authored, with Judy Codding, Standards for Our Schools: How to Set Them, Measure Them and Reach Them, and co-edited, with Codding, The Principal Challenge. Rich Moglia Cannon is Chief Financial Officer of NCEE. He served in this capacity from 1990-1999 and again from 2007 to the present. Rich also was a management consultant with Price Waterhouse from 1981 to 1990 and an independent consultant in the education industry from 1999-2007. Ray Uhalde is Director of the Workforce Development Program at NCEE. He has served in leadership positions in numerous governmental and non-profit workforce development programs. Just prior to joining NCEE, he was Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor. NCEE Board of Trustees Ray Marshall, Chair, Audre and Bernard Rapoport Centennial Chair in Economics and Public Affairs, L. B. J. School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin; former U.S. Secretary of Labor. Marc Tucker, President, National Center on Education and the Economy Sue S. Stewart, Treasurer and Chair of the Executive Committee, Vice President and General Counsel, University of Rochester David J. Barram, Past Administrator, General Services Administration Patricia C. Barron, Corporate Director Denise Glynn Borders, Senior Vice President, U.S. Education and Workforce Development, Academy for Educational Development Sarah H. Cleveland, Marrs McLean Professor of Law, School of Law, University of Texas at Austin Phyllis Eisen, Executive Director, Center for Workforce Success, National Association of Manufacturers VanBuren N. Hansford, Jr., Managing Director, Prism Capital Partners Guilbert C. Hentschke, Richard T. Cooper and Mary Catherine Cooper Chair in Public School Administration, University of Southern California Rossier Graduate School of Education Charles B. Knapp, Director of Education Development, CF Foundation John Murphy, former Superintendent of Schools, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Public Schools, North Carolina Thomas W. Payzant, Senior Lecturer for Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, former Superintent of Schools, Boston Public Schools Marion W. Pines, Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies, The Johns Hopkins University Hermann W. Schmidt, Former Director of BiBB, the German federal vocational education agency Warren Simmons, Executive Director, Annenberg Institute for School Reform Lewis H. Spence, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Social Services; former Deputy Chancellor of the New York City Schools Vivien Stewart, Vice President, Education, Asia Society Sidney A. Thompson, Senior Fellow, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies; former Superintendent of Schools, Los Angeles Unified School District Lester C. Thurow, Professor and former Dean, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alan L. Wurtzel, Chairman Emeritus, Circuit City Stores, Inc.